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Citrus County Chronical – Food and warm clothing collection Feb. 15 to benefit SOS Food Pantry – So, the women had another food drive, and another, and another.
News4 – Oldest church in Dothan appoints first female pastor – Cherry Street African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded as the first church in Dothan in 1877. The church is 144 years old, and they just appointed their first female pastor, Pastor Lynntesha Henley.
The News Herald – New doughnut shop and bakery opens in downtown Morganton – Something sweet is coming to downtown Morganton as a new bakery and doughnut shop is gearing up to open its doors. Located in the old Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church building on Bouchelle Street, Divinity Donuts and Bakery will hold its grand opening
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Food and warm clothing collection Feb. 15 to benefit SOS Food Pantry
Citrus County Chronical – Lecanto, FL
Since June 2020, the Daughters of the King, Esther Chapter, at Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Lecanto have collected approximately thousands of pounds of food each month to benefit the SOS food pantry. In this photo from June 2021 are, from left to right: Jessie Ballou, behind Jessie is Sue Guth, Cathy Allen Yvonne Furman, Marilyn Stokes, and Deacon Gail Towell.
Oldest church in Dothan appoints first female pastor
News4 – Dothan, AL
Cherry Street African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded as the first church in Dothan in 1877. The church is 144 years old, and they just appointed their first female pastor, Pastor Lynntesha Henley.
She says she’s ready to take the church to new heights.
“Being the pastor of the historic Cherry Street African Methodist Episcopal Church and what it means to me, everything,” says Pastor Henley.
Pastor Henley says the appointment to this church has been nothing but an honor. “God doesn’t give that opportunity to everybody, and someone had to see fit for me to come here.”
New doughnut shop and bakery opens in downtown Morganton
The News Herald – Morganton, NC
Something sweet is coming to downtown Morganton as a new bakery and doughnut shop is gearing up to open its doors.
Located in the old Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church building on Bouchelle Street, Divinity Donuts and Bakery will hold its grand opening Friday through Sunday from 7 a.m. through 2 p.m. or whenever they sell out.
Owned by Matt and Betsy Herrington, natives of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Divinity Donuts will be a small batch bakery that will offer a variety donuts and other treats baked fresh every morning. Menu items will include donuts, long johns, pastries, whoopie pies, macaroons, cookies, pies and cakes.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Hoping To Draw People To Its Historic Campus With New Community Space
Tapinto Milltown/Spotswood – NJ
The SHOP at St. Peter’s was bustling on February 5 as it welcomed customers back to its newly renovated thrift shop. The space occupying the original thrift shop got a makeover too. It’s now a community space that has been nicknamed the “living room” by volunteers. The area actually encompasses the oldest part of the campus of the historic St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
Episcopal leaders hear stories of repatriation of remains of Native American children
Church Times – Pennsylvania
THE remains of several Native American children who died while in government-run boarding schools in the United States have finally been returned home, but many more are still thousands of miles from their homelands.
Episcopal News Service – Online Education Opportunity
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